The King Solomon Mines Co is a gold mine located in Siskiyou county, California at an elevation of 3,501 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 41.18222, -123.17278
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King Solomon Mines Co MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: King Solomon Mines Co
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Manganese
Location
State: California
County: Siskiyou
District: Liberty
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Klamath Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ore Highly Oxidized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: IT WAS CRUSHED & GROUND DOWN AND AMALGAMATED, THEN THE GOLD WEIGHED ON ASSAY BALANCE.
Analytical Data: SAMPLES ASSAYED BY ROUGH ESTIMATE FROM PANNING. ALSO BY CUTTING 250 LB. SAMPLE FROM 2.5 FT. THICKNESS OF VEIN MATTER
Materials
Ore: Gold
Comments
Comment (Workings): SURFACE PIT W/ CONSIDERABLE YIELD. AMOUNTED TO 2000 FT. OF TRENCHES, 9 FT. WIDE, AVG. 10 FT. DEEP PROSPECTING & SAMPLING WAS DONE ON WIDE SCALE BASIS IN 1931. EXTENSIVE BULL DOZING STRIPPED AWAY FIRST 20 FT. OF OVER BURDEN. EARLIER WORKINGS INCLUDE 130 FT. SHAFT; ADITS, LONGEST OVER 460 FT.; OVER 1000 FT. OF DRIFTS, CROSSCUTS, AND STOPES MILLSITE.
Comment (Deposit): SEAMS AND VUGS, ORE STAINED WITH RED, BROWN AND YELLOW IRON OXIDES, ALSO BLACK MANGANESE OXIDE. FOOTWALL QUARTZ PORPHYRY, HANGING WALL SCHIST. ORE SHOOT (S) 230 FT. LONG, 5 FT. THICK.
Comment (Geology): SCHIST INTRUDED BY DIORITIC DIKES IN SUCH A WAY THAT, AS ONE CROSSES LODE, FORMATION CHANGES EVERY FEW FEET. THESE DIKES ARE BARREN OF GOLD. OTHER DIKES IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY INCLUDE BASIC IGNEOUS ROCK, POSSIBLY GABBRO,INTRUDED BY FINE-GRAINED WHITE RHYOLITIC DIKES. ANDESITIC DIKES ALSO PRESENT, ONE WITH FELDSPAR PHENOCRYSTS 1/4 IN LONG.
Comment (Deposit): 800 ACRES. 5 OF CLAIMS ARE PATENTED. UNSURVEYED LAND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, G.C., 1914, THE COUNTIES OF SHASTA, SISKIYOU AND TRINITY, CALIF.: CALIF. JOUR. MINES & GEOLOGY, V. 14, PT. 4, P. 836 PL. 4
Reference (Deposit): AVERILL, C.V., 1935, MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, V. 31, NO. 3, P. 292-294
Reference (Deposit): LOGAN, C.A., 1925, SACRAMENTO FIELD DIVISION: CALIFORNIA JOURNAL OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, VOL. 21, NO. 4, P. 448
Reference (Production): AVERILL (1935)
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